Students serve as pallbearers at the funerals of homeless US veterans

A group of US college students have begun serving as pallbearers at the funerals of war veterans who would otherwise be buried alone.

The student service team from the University of Detroit Jesuit School launched the initiative last month to encourage students to give back to the community.

“These veterans were men I have never met, but they helped make the country I live in safer and stronger. No matter who they were or what they did on earth, every person deserves a proper burial,” Tom Lennon, 17, told the TODAY Show in the US.

“No matter who they were or what they did on earth, every person deserves a proper burial.”

The group serve as pallbearers of homeless veterans who have no known family or loved ones to attend their funerals.

“Through being a pallbearer at the funeral of veterans, the homeless, the socially poor, they are offering a final tribute to a person’s life journey,” school faculty member Todd Wilson said.